Fredericksburg’s residential market sees mixed results in first four months of 2008

By Greg Oehler
I like watching the Hill Country real estate market! Other people must enjoy keeping tabs on it, too, because I get asked a lot of questions about it.
Our local market is made up of many different segments. There are a lot of market segments to consider before anyone defines the market […]

How big is an acre?

By Sheila Bingham

Have you ever wondered how large an acre is? An acre is 43,560 square feet or 4,840 square yards. A football field is 57,600 square feet so one acre is approximately 3/4 of a football field.

Here are some additional comparisons to help you visualize an acre. The site of the […]

Many factors go into determining the price for homes with acreage near Fredericksburg

By Don Brookshire
Many times people ask me how to know how much a certain property is worth. A lot of times they will think that the property should always sell for what other people are asking for their property in that neighborhood. There are a lot of factors to consider when pricing a house […]

An Ag Exemption can help reduce the property taxes on your Fredericksburg ranch

By Sheila Bingham
An ag exemption on acreage can reduce your property taxes on rural property. One of the qualifications for a property to be tax exempt is that it is used for agriculture for at least five of the previous seven years. Other qualifications for an ag exemption are:
1. Land must be principally […]

Shiny pennies in land for sale near Fredericksburg

By Greg Oehler
As you may know, I like finding shiny pennies! Today, I am looking for them in land deals, that is, I wanted to find the best acreage deals I could at an affordable price. “Affordable,” of course, is a relative term. For my search today, I defined “affordable” as land […]